Sweater garment



Aug. 21, 192s.

H. Moss SWEATER GARMENT Filed Jan. 6, 1927 www# Q Patented Aug. 21, 1928'.

UNITED STATES HARRY MOSS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SWEATER GARMENT.

Application filed January My invention relates to knit garments with particular reference to sweaters and has for an object a construction whereby greater durability of the garment is lengthened and whereby the comfort to the wearer is ma terially assured.

Sweaters or other ribbed garments are made to conform to the shape of the wearer and possesses greater elasticity in a transverse direction or at right angles to the length of the fabric or ribs and but a relatively slight elasticity in a longitudinal direction. Due to this characteristic, gai'- ments made from such fabric invariably stretch across the shoulders to droop upon and confine the movements of the arms of the wearer. This drooping, of course, prevents a neat or accurate lit of the garment besides subjecting the stretched portions to more rapid wear than the other parts of the garment.

Various attempts have been made to remedy this fault by stitching reinforcing strips or tapes to the garment with sewing machines, giving the sweater an unsightly appearance due to the visibility of these stitches on the outer side of the garments.

By reason of the fact that the reinforcing stitches, associated with my invention, are woven to the inner side of the sweater, the uniformity of appearance of the outer side of the garment is unadected.

To effectually eliminate the stretching of the garment across the shoulders, whereby the wearer is usually subjected to a great deal of discomfort, I provide a very simple and effective means which is extended from one armhole or shoulder transversely across the back of the knitted garment to the other shoulder, each of the extreme ends of the bracing or reinforcing means being secured or anchored. Then, too, some of these reinforcing stitches may be embodied in the sweater after its completion, the exact location of the stitches being nonessential, the same may be accomplished by unskilled labor and in a comparatively short time, thereby adding a very slight cost to its manufacture.

Usually, little or no attention is given to the initial sizing or fitting of sweaters, the elasticity of the particular garment being utilized for answering the purpose of a number of sizes. With my improved reinforcing stitches, however, I may omit the threading of certain loops, say each alternate one,

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which will have a tendency to more tightly .i l

draw the fabric together without the unsightly tucking or buckling. In this manner, the neck and shoulders of a garment may be perfectly fitted to particular wearers.

It is to be understood that'the scope of my invention is not limited to the details as shown and described but extends to whatever constructions may be defined by or included within the terms or language of the appended claim.

In the drawings: i

Figure l is a fragmentary view in perspective of t-he rear portion of a sweater;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the collar somewhat raised to more clearly illustrate the location of the reinforcing stitches in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a view from the inner side of the sweater;

Figure 4 is a somewhat enlarged view i]- lustrating the manner of anchoring or fastening the extreme ends of the reinforcing stitch, and

Figure 5 shows a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale of the reinforcing stitches with relation to the knitted garment.

My invention, in the form or embodiment shown in the drawing, and briefly described comprises a sweater having a body portion, 10, having sleeve sections, 11, joined to the body in the usual manner as indicated at 12, and reinforcing means, 13, preferably located on the inner side of the body and eX- tending across the shoulders.

Inasmuch as the reinforcing means, 13, associated with my invention is formed into the sweater after the completion of that portion of the body and the attachment of the sleeves thereto, the reinforcing means is wholly independent of the fastening means of the seams. Then, too, by reason of the fact that these reinforcing stitches, 13, need not necessarily be in a predetermined position or location with respect to the shoulders or the body of the sweater, the placement of these stitches, 13, may be quickly 1ocated and completed within a comparatively short period of time.

The reinforcing stitches, 13, which may be formed on the sweater by means of the looper machine, usual in this art, extend across the rear of the garment, from the upper part of one armhole or shoulder, across the collar to the other armhole or shoulder. The ribs in that portion of the shoulder being arranged longitudinally, are. of course, elastic but with the addition of the reinforcing stitches, 13, running transversely with respect to the ribs, provides a very efficient means for preventing the stretching and sagging of the garment.

Although I prefer to locate the reinforcing stitches, 13, along the line of connection between the body, 10, and the adjacent portion, 16, of the collar, 17, yet, it will be readily seen that this reinforcement may be positioned above or below this line.

For the purpose of effectually securing or anchoring each end of the thread or yarn comprising the reinforcing stitches, 13, I clip the end of this yarn a suitable distance from the farv end, 1&1, of the seam, 15,to enable its being drawn in a plurality of stitches 20, as clearly indicated in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings. The stitches, 20, of course, forms a very effective anchoring means, and the loose end ofV each stitch being passed through the loops of the sweater willprevent these ends from coming loose and unraveling. I preferably locate the stitch, 20, beyond the thickened portion of the rib formed by the `ioining of the sleeve to the adjacent portion of the body as indicated at 15. In this manner the anchoring means will be'more effective than if the end of the stitching were located iii the body portion of the sweater.

It is to be understood that I may extend a plurality of rows of stitches across the back of the garment when desired and they may be preferably arranged in parallel or otherwise. t will now be readily understood that when the garment is completed, all stretch exerted by the sleeves or the arms of the wearer in the sleeves, will be corrected by the reinforced stitching, 13. This, too, will eliminate all tendency of the garment to spread across the back and at the neck portion.

. Vhat I claim is:

A garment having, in combination, a knitted body portion and a plurality of knitted sleeves connected to said body portion and forming a reinforced rib at the juncture of each of the sleeves and said body portion, a line of reinforcing stitches formed on the inner side of the body portion near the upper end thereof and extending crosswise with respect thereto from one of the ribs :to the other, the stitches at the ends of said line of reinforcing stitches being irnbedded into said ribs, and extending in a substantially right angular direction with respect to said crosswise extending stitches.

HARRY Moss.. 

